"Eighty-five percent cannot read when they enter the security forces of Afghanistan. Why? Because the Taliban withheld education during the period of time in which these men and women would have learned to read."

-- James G. Stavridis

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“The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes. It has enough lush forests, flowered fields, and sandy beaches. It has plenty of stars and the promise of a new sunrise and sunset every day. What the world needs more of is people to appreciate and enjoy it.”
“The sad thing about working on a movie is that you can never see the movie.”
“Passion requires focused direction, and that direction must come from three other areas: your purpose, your talents, and your needs.”
“When you're a kid and you go to Disneyland or Disneyworld and you're so pumped and then you go when you're grown up and it's not as much fun as you remember it.”

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“As popular as Christmas is, it would be even bigger if it had vampires.”
“And if I'm honest about it, I was obsessed with Nirvana and Pearl Jam. This is like '92, right in the throes of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam and Nirvana. I think I probably wanted to be Kurt Cobain.”
“When people come to see my stand-up, they get a chance to see my characters interact with each other.”
“I'm beat to the square, and square to the beat, and that's my vocation.”

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